POSTED BY admin | March 30th, 2011
Talk about feeling welcomed by a community! We experienced such amazing support from the entire community of Port Moody while we were turning their trees blue.
Big thanks to Devin Jain and Kristin Tracey from the city, who were particularly amazing from start to finish!
Also, thank you everyone who came out on Sunday to welcome Kon and hear his talk. Don’t forget we have another one coming up on April 7th at 7pm, Richmond City Hall.
Have you gone and seen the blue trees yet? No?! Well get out there already! We would love for you to go and check out the beautiful electric blue trees at the Port Moody Civic Center and arts centre, but just in case you can’t – here’s a look at the before and after!
The Port Moody Civic Center Before!
They're BLUE!
The Beautiful Big Tree at the Port Moody Arts Centre!
Some of our great volunteers!
I dare you to not LOVE that tree!!!
POSTED BY admin | March 24th, 2011
With rain in the forecast we were feeling a little nervous when we woke up today and on our way out to Port Moody for another day of Blue Trees at the civic centre. Yesterday, we got an amazing start on the 16 beautiful cherry trees that line the roundabout in front of the civic centre.
“We’ll just have to see how it goes,” said Kon. Luckily the rain held off and we spent another day under the sun!
Kevin Griffin from the Vancouver Sun came out to interview Kon. Photographers, families and even a documentary film maker came by to talk to the blue covered man atop the orange ladder.
We could not be more thankful of the weather and the warm reception we’ve had in beautiful Port Moody – here’s a look at the pics from today!
Tomorrow we will be doing final touches at the civic centre site and then heading over to the arts centre to get cracking on their HUGE tree (2425 St. John’s Street) come by and say hi to us!
Kon being interviewed by Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun
Kon's Ammunition when talking about his cause
POSTED BY admin | January 5th, 2010
Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin's Head. Photo by Clayton Perry.
The City of Richmond is abuzz with talk about a recent Vancouver Biennale sculpture installation by China’s amazing Gao Brothers.
It’s called Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin’s Head and if you’re thinking that maybe it’s just a little controversial, you’re right!
As Randy Shore of the Vancouver Sun notes in this piece on the installation, “A public art installation depicting Russian Communist leader Vladimir Lenin and a feminized Chairman Mao Zedong in the heart of Richmond’s business district has the whole town talking.”
Feminized Chairman Mao Zedong!? In the heart of Richmond, BC?!
For more info check out this article in the Richmond Review.
Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin's Head. Photo by Clayton Perry.
POSTED BY admin | June 23rd, 2009
On June 12, 2009 the Vancouver Sun opened the city’s eyes to the imminent arrival of the Vancouver Biennale 2009-2011. In an excellent article by Randy Shore, the Sun highlighted several aspects of the Biennale, its impact on the city from a cultural and tourism level as well as its connection to local arts communities.
Here’s an excerpt: “In a few weeks, Vancouver Biennale will begin to turn the city’s green spaces and parks into an open-air museum of art. The biannual collaboration between the arts community, the Vancouver Park Board and corporate sponsors will erect 30 sculptures alongside the city’s walking and biking trails, public plazas and on beaches. The Biennale festival runs for two years and includes several large-scale public events. Biennale will present another 60 to 80 new media and light installations during that time.”
